What permission am I missing here?
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I am trying to download the ffmpeg package and all of its dependencies into a directory on my computer.
I use this code to do it
sudo apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
It works for the most part until it runs into this:
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/daslab/compression/downloaded/ffmpeg2/ffmpeg2theora_0.30-1_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
What permission am I missing and how do I get it?
apt ffmpeg download
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I am trying to download the ffmpeg package and all of its dependencies into a directory on my computer.
I use this code to do it
sudo apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
It works for the most part until it runs into this:
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/daslab/compression/downloaded/ffmpeg2/ffmpeg2theora_0.30-1_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
What permission am I missing and how do I get it?
apt ffmpeg download
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
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asked Jul 11 at 16:37
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sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case forapt downloadis to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55
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I am trying to download the ffmpeg package and all of its dependencies into a directory on my computer.
I use this code to do it
sudo apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
It works for the most part until it runs into this:
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/daslab/compression/downloaded/ffmpeg2/ffmpeg2theora_0.30-1_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
What permission am I missing and how do I get it?
apt ffmpeg download
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
asked Jul 11 at 16:37
newuser
132
I am trying to download the ffmpeg package and all of its dependencies into a directory on my computer.
I use this code to do it
sudo apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
It works for the most part until it runs into this:
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/daslab/compression/downloaded/ffmpeg2/ffmpeg2theora_0.30-1_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
What permission am I missing and how do I get it?
apt ffmpeg download
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
asked Jul 11 at 16:37
newuser
132
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
edited Jul 11 at 17:31
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
139k22296359
asked Jul 11 at 16:37
newuser
132
asked Jul 11 at 16:37
newuser
132
asked Jul 11 at 16:37
newuser
132
132
sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case forapt downloadis to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55
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sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case forapt downloadis to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55
sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case for
apt download is to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case for
apt download is to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55
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You’re not missing a permission, you’re giving apt-get too much privilege; drop the sudo:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
apt-get download runs fine as a normal user.
(Technically, you could give the _apt user access to the target directory, but it’s simpler and better to drop sudo.)
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission._aptisn'troot; it may as well bebob.bobcan't accessalice's files, even ifrootcan access bothbobandalice's files.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reasonapt-getends up using_aptis because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with_apt.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
You’re not missing a permission, you’re giving apt-get too much privilege; drop the sudo:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
apt-get download runs fine as a normal user.
(Technically, you could give the _apt user access to the target directory, but it’s simpler and better to drop sudo.)
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission._aptisn'troot; it may as well bebob.bobcan't accessalice's files, even ifrootcan access bothbobandalice's files.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reasonapt-getends up using_aptis because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with_apt.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
You’re not missing a permission, you’re giving apt-get too much privilege; drop the sudo:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
apt-get download runs fine as a normal user.
(Technically, you could give the _apt user access to the target directory, but it’s simpler and better to drop sudo.)
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission._aptisn'troot; it may as well bebob.bobcan't accessalice's files, even ifrootcan access bothbobandalice's files.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reasonapt-getends up using_aptis because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with_apt.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
You’re not missing a permission, you’re giving apt-get too much privilege; drop the sudo:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
apt-get download runs fine as a normal user.
(Technically, you could give the _apt user access to the target directory, but it’s simpler and better to drop sudo.)
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
You’re not missing a permission, you’re giving apt-get too much privilege; drop the sudo:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends ffmpeg|grep -v "^ ")
apt-get download runs fine as a normal user.
(Technically, you could give the _apt user access to the target directory, but it’s simpler and better to drop sudo.)
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
edited Jul 11 at 16:57
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
answered Jul 11 at 16:42
Stephen Kitt
139k22296359
139k22296359
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission._aptisn'troot; it may as well bebob.bobcan't accessalice's files, even ifrootcan access bothbobandalice's files.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reasonapt-getends up using_aptis because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with_apt.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
add a comment |Â
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission._aptisn'troot; it may as well bebob.bobcan't accessalice's files, even ifrootcan access bothbobandalice's files.
– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reasonapt-getends up using_aptis because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with_apt.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
Thanks a lot, it never occurred to me that there was such a thing as too much permission.
– newuser
Jul 11 at 17:07
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission.
_apt isn't root; it may as well be bob. bob can't access alice's files, even if root can access both bob and alice's files.– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
It's not so much too much permission as it is wrong permission.
_apt isn't root; it may as well be bob. bob can't access alice's files, even if root can access both bob and alice's files.– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 17:16
@DopeGhoti but the only reason
apt-get ends up using _apt is because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with _apt.– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
@DopeGhoti but the only reason
apt-get ends up using _apt is because it’s run as root when it doesn’t need to be. So the simple solution is to not run it as root, then it won’t try anything with _apt.– Stephen Kitt
Jul 11 at 17:19
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sudo apt install ffmpeg ?
– arochester
Jul 11 at 16:43
That would install the package; not just download them. The most common use-case for
apt downloadis to collect the dependencies for either later installation when there is not network available, or for installation on another host which does not have the ability to contact the repo directly.– DopeGhoti
Jul 11 at 16:55